In 2023, Andro Coulton, a short-term early bassist for Witchfynde, trademarked the band’s name without the knowledge or consent of its founding members. This led to his booking under the Witchfynde name at the 2023 Keep It True Festival, much to the disappointment of both the promoter and fans, who…
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2020 saw the last performance of the remaining original band members, Montalo (Trevor Taylor) and Gra Scoresby. The concert was at Newcastle’s famous rock bar, Trillions, and Luther Beltz retired soon after.
With the onset of the global pandemic in 2020, and ill health within the group, the remaining band members decided to retire from all live performances.
Witchfynde played their final show at Newcastle’s Trillians in 2020. Guitarist Tracey Abbott continued performing a live Witchfynde set under the name Witchfynde-X, alongside bassist Ian Hamilton. Following a year-long tour across Europe in 2023, the band returned to the UK but ultimately dissolved due to an ongoing dispute between…
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Witchfynde played one of its first shows at the Metalcova Festival in Spain Barcelona on 28 November 2015, and continued to tour up until 2020. Standout shows included the Alpine Steel Festival in Austria Innsbruck 2016, the HOAF Festival in Germany 2019, the Sweden Rock Festival 2019, and the very…
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July 2014 saw the addition of second guitarist Tracey Abbott from Overdrive.
The band then began work on their sixth studio album called Play It to Death , which they recorded at Bandwagon Studios and released in July 2008. Towards the end of 2008, owing to Harry Harrison’s ill-health and other commitments, Luther Beltz returned to front the band for the Play…
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Their first three albums were re-released by Cherry Red and Lemon Recordings. A new Best Of album was released in 2007 by Lemon Recordings.
In October 1999, Montalo, Gra and Luther began to discuss the possibility of a reunion, owing to a resurgence of interest in the band after the release of the Best of Witchfynde CD in 1996, which sold well. Pete Surgey rejoined the band on bass. However, during rehearsals Luther Beltz…
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The band signed a deal in 1984 with Mausoleum Records to release their fourth album Lords of Sin . During the recording of the album, bassist Pete Surgey left the band and was replaced by Edd Wolfe, who had played in one of Luther Beltz’s former bands; however, by the…
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